Brick-kiln



J. D. STANLEY.

BRICK KILN.

. PatentedApr. 12,1887.

i-NOLMiolfe'lf) No.V 3 61 ,19 2

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JAMES D. STANLEY, OF EASTOVER, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES P.STEVENSON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRICK-KILN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,192, dated April12, 1887.

Application filed July 3, 1886. Serial No. 207,129. (No model.)

" and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to produce a brick-kiln in which theheat shall be efficiently and equally distributed throughout the wholearea of the kiln, whereby the brick placed therein shall be subjected toa uniform ternperature, regardless of the position occupied by themwithin the kiln.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly insection, showing my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan. Fig. 3 is aview of a detail hereinafter described. l

Similarletters ofreferenceindicate like parts in the respective gures.

A is the outer solid wall of the kiln, and B the inner Wall, constructedwith apertures a. Aiiuc, b, is formed between theinner and outer walls,Aand B, said ue reaching up to nearly the top of theA kiln, where it isclosed.

C O G C are furnaces, one being placed at each corner of thev kiln, theinner end of each furnace communicating with the flue b. l The furnacesC may be of any ordinary or approved construction, and need not here beparticularly described.

It will be, of course, Iunderstood that the bottom of the kiln is solid,and that the brick are placed within the kiln and mortared or plasteredOverin the usual manner.

The door D of the kiln is situated at one side, and is represented inFig. 3, the door being large enough to permit a team to be driventhrough it.

The doorway is arched over between the walls A and B, as shown in Fig.3.

, The operation is as follows: The green brick being taken into the kilnby means of wheelbarrows or wagons and piled or placed within the kilnin the usual manner, the furnaces are fired up. The heat and products ofcombustion entering the flue b find their way through the openings a andpass through the mass of brick piled within the kiln. It will be seenthat by placing the furnaces at the four corners yof the kiln or at thegreatest distance from the center thereof the heat is effectivelyapplied to those portions of the kiln which are ordinarily ineilicientlysupplied with heat. This construction, it will be seen, therefore,produces a uniform distribution of the heat throughout the entire bodyof the kiln, thereby equally burning the brick, regardless of theposition which they may Occupy within the kiln.

Having described luy invention, I claim- In a brick-kiln, thecombination of the outer solid wall, A, and inner perforated Wall, B,line b, extending continuously around the kiln between said outer andinner walls, and a series of furnaces located around the kilnequidistant from each other and communicating with the flue b,substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my handand seal.

l JAMES D. STANLEY. [L s] W'itnesses:

GEO. H. HOWARD, PHILIP MAURO.

